Incidents

Personnel aboard an Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue response vessel observe the overturned 17-foot boat, September 12, 2026.
Accidents

Good Samaritan rescues four after boat capsizes in eastern Virginia

Gareth Havelock
KRI Canopus
Search and Rescue

Indonesian Navy's newest survey ship joins underwater search for victims of ferry tragedy

Will Xavier
Somali pirates released the Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged general cargo ship Sward and its 17 crew near Garacad, Puntland, on Friday, September 11.
Security

Somali pirates release cargo ship and 17 crew after reported $200,000 ransom

Alan Bosworth
The Bahamas-flagged Amadea is operated by German cruise company Phoenix Reisen
Accidents

Fire aboard cruise ship Amadea prompts evacuation of 320 passengers in Rønne

Alan Bosworth
The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier KMax Emperor sits low in the water off India's Mundra Port following a collision with the Barbados-registered ship True Mariner, September 11, 2026.
Accidents

Bulk carrier damaged following collision off India's Mundra Port

Gareth Havelock
The overturned 36-foot catamaran on the shore of Lake Havasu in Arizona following the September 12, 2026, crash that killed its two occupants
Accidents

Lake boat crash kills two in western Arizona

Jens Karsten
Mombasa Island in Kenya. Tudor Creek is in the upper right of the photograph.
Accidents

Two dead after tour boat capsizes near Mombasa, Kenya

Gareth Havelock
Basarnas has deployed at least 622 personnel, 17 ships, five helicopters and aircraft to find the missing passengers of capsized ferry Virgo Transport 8
Search and Rescue

Indonesia rescuers battle turbulent seas in search of 129 people after ferry capsizes

Reuters
greece, turkey, cyprus map
Crime & Piracy

Illegal migrant boat partially sinks in Greece, 25 missing

Reuters
A Ukrainian Navy unmanned surface vehicle (back) similar to the one that was reportedly used in a drone versus drone encounter with Russia in the Black Sea
Acts of War

Ukraine claims success in world's first drone versus drone encounter at sea

Will Xavier
Aftermath of Philippine ferry June Aster tragedy
Accidents

Authorities: Philippine ferry fire victims may take months to identify

Reuters
Virgo Transport 8 passenger ferry accident
Accidents

Rescuers searching for 140 people after Indonesia passenger vessel sinks

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Incidents

New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans fears of threats to oil supplies

Reuters
Tui Shipping Agency's Matui sinks off the coast of Vanuata, September 13, 2026
Accidents

One dead, more than 30 missing after Vanuatu ferry sinks

Reuters
Charred remains of the Philippine ferry June Aster
Accidents

Death toll in Philippine ferry fire rises to 76 as rescuers recover more remains 

Reuters
Charred remains of the Philippine ferry June Aster
Accidents

Rescuers recover 30 bodies from burnt Philippine ferry

Reuters
The Korea Coast Guard large patrol vessel KCG Taepyongyang during a joint exercise with the US and Japan Coast Guards in the Sea of Japan, June 6, 2024 (representative photo only)
Accidents

Suspected Chinese fishing boat with no crew on board sinks off South Korea

Will Xavier
Gulf of Aden map ethiopia somalia somaliland djibouti yemen
Crime & Piracy

Bulk carrier boarded by pirates in Gulf of Aden off Yemen

Gareth Havelock
US forces interdict a suspected refuelling station believed to be used by drug-carrying boats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | US forces interdict suspected refuelling station used by drug-running boats in Eastern Pacific

Will Xavier
Screenshot of video showing fire aboard a cargo ship undergoing repairs at CSSC's Qingdao Beihai shipyard
Accidents

Fatal repair work fire kills 25 aboard cargo ship in Chinese shipyard

Reuters
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